Over many years, Private investigator Alex Hunter had worked on dozens of cases involving murder, theft, bribery and fraud; and nothing fazed him. Until, a young lady came to his house asking him to help find her father, the renowned scientist, Professor Patterson.

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Track down a missing scientist as you explore the place where reality meets illusion.

Over many years, Private investigator Alex Hunter had worked on dozens of cases involving murder, theft, bribery and fraud; and nothing fazed him. Until, a young lady came to his house asking him to help find her father, the renowned scientist, Professor Patterson. The professor had vanished from his house, without a trace, over a month ago. The police were called in but they were unable to find any clues. Coincidentally, neighbors reported having bizarre visions and suddenly finding themselves in strange places. Hunter took the case, thinking it would be a piece of cake…

Take on the role of Alex Hunter and investigate this mysterious disappearance. When you discover that the Professor’s experiments delved into the secret workings of the brain and mind control, the case takes a whole new twist. It’s up to you to follow the trail of clues and find out who has taken Professor Patterson, and intends to use his knowledge for evil purposes. Find the place where reality meets illusion! You will need to go head to head against a demented mind; a mind armed with the power to control yours!

Features:

Outwit and defeat a criminal brain!

Explore lush environments on your quest for the truth

A thrilling story that will lead you through sewers, a mental hospital, and into a bizarre alternative world.

I want to give this game 5 stars, intellectually. It had the good HINTs/STRATEGY GUIDE (bundled). It had a MAP feature to speed travel and show you were the next actionable locations were. It had the JOURNAL system that auto recorded all the clues you had seen elsewhere in the game. It had BONUS CONTENT (i.e. "Secret Room", Wallpapers, Audio Tracks) which unlocked when you found enough of the secret mysterious symbols throughout the game. It had a reasonable plot (for a Hidden Objs genre game), good atmosphere/feel, and the Hidden Objects puzzles threw a few Aha moments at me.

However, it felt like just before it hit excellence in most of those areas, it would fall slightly short, again and again. It had a LOT of sliding piece puzzles, which I find personally annoying. The plot didn't go far enough for me to get personally invested in it. The arcade puzzles were interesting, but sloppily implimented ... so I'd have to replay because it was sometimes scoring hits as misses (shooting gallery), etc. Overall it felt like things were being added from a master "to do list" of what games should have, instead of being organically grown out of the game itself.

Missing/Broken Feature(s):* Achievements in Game (But no Steam Achievements)* I wish it had Steam collectible Cards, too.* Soundtracks in Extra Content section: Only 1 of the tracks would play music (with LONG delay)

In this game you play as Alex Hunter a private investigator, who takes a case from a long legged dame who strolls into his office after her father goes missing. There is a variety of puzzles and Hidden Object parts so the game keeps moving at a nice pace like a book its a good page turner. Some of the puzzles take ALOT of time to solve and many are very, very, very, difficult. These difficult games can just be skipped, there are hints if you get stuck, and a guide. A good game that you can stop playing anytime and come back to since the map screen has exclamation marks showing which areas have something to investigate.

The visual look of the game is impressive, the scenes never feel dead, their alive with animals moving, instead of just a static image like other games. The music is awesome, and this edition has a bonus feature that lets you rock out detective style.

This game is challenging, especially for those not gifted with math abilities. Some of the puzzles I just could not figure out and finally gave up and skipped it. I went back and played it again and was able to figure out a couple more. In order to not use the map to figure out what you need to do next, you have to really remember every place you've been. What is really nice is the bonus chapter is as involved as the regular game. It takes quite a bit of time to solve the bonus chapter; not a quick run through like some other games. If you play the game in the expert mode, you have to really search for all the secret signs in order to unlock the secret chamber. I've played it twice, once on regular mode and once in expert mode. I could not find all the signs in expert mode so couldn't unlock the secret room. I would hghly recommend this game. It is challenging. The graphics are great, and the music fades into the background as you play it. It is not jarring like some music.

So long as you limit yourself when it comes to hints and skipping puzzles, this is one of the best Hidden Object Games I've ever played. It certainly took me longer to finish than any of the Midnight Mysteries, Samantha Swift, or Clockwork Man games. My only caveat is that I'm not personally a huge fan of sliding tile puzzles and this game has several - some of which I managed to solve on my own and some of which I used the in-game hint book or the Skip button to pass. But if you like that sort of thing and like finding hidden objects and solving point-and-click puzzles, then this game is for you, especially if it's on sale. No Steam achievements, but the in-game achievements also give it a little replay value since you're not likely to get them all on your first try.Rating: 4/5

Really fun puzzle game. Click to advance type game where you encounter puzzles you need to beat in order to advance. The puzzles are difficult but not so hard you end up using the built in auto-pass feature every time.

I truely enjoyed this game to the end...however, when I got to playing the Bonus game, I was only able to go so far and the hidden object scene in the sort of park area, listed a scorpion in red and mushrooms in white print...I was unable to pick up the mushrooms as normal, and could not find the extra step to be able to pick up the scorpion...hint kept going to an area in the violin case where the scoprion should have been, but could not click on any thing that would allow me to either open the case lining to find the scorpion or anything. Was never able to pick up the mushrooms nor find the prestep to picking up the scorpion nor the scorpian at all. Also in clicking on other objects, objects that were not included in the list would pick up, but always came back to the scene...very strange, from that point on, I was not able to comple the bonus round.

A fun hidden object game. This is one of the style that is somewhat like an adventure-game lite mixed with hidden object scenes. No unlimited hidden object mode at the end, but the bonus chapter is lenghtier than the bonus chapter in some other HOGs.

A mix between hidden object, adventure and escape game. The puzzles are fairly challenging and the hint system can offer you precious help for when you get stuck, although I may have used it just a couple of times.Overall, it's a pretty fun and addicting game. Definitely worth playing.

Alex Hunter is a surprisingly long hidden object game with little story, decent puzzles and a nice soundtrack. Although it never really surpasses the mediocre level, the sheer length alone makes it stand out of similar games.

Long version:

Alex Hunter: Lord of the Mind is an average hidden object title in all aspects, except one: unlike most similar games it has a male protagonist.Not that it really matters, since the story– a missing person investigation leading into a James Bond-like “stop the evil genius from taking over the world” scenario– takes up about 5-10 minutes of game time. It is nothing more than an excuse to use a Victorian visual theme, a very carefully designed and implemented, excellent visual theme.

The game is exceptionally long, thanks to the quite lengthy (although not particularly difficult) puzzles, the balanced hidden object scenes, and just the sheer number of places you can visit. It can easily clock over six hours even if one uses the map all the time to avoid the constant backtracking, making it an excellent choice if you want to have some game length for your money.

Pros:-some puzzles are interesting-hidden object scenes aren't too difficult-the map is very helpful to tell you where to go next-the use of inventory items isn't too weird or unpredictable

Cons:-it would be very difficult (or sometimes impossible) to tell what to do next without constantly consulting the map. -story is practically nonexistent-artwork is cartoony and doesn't set any sort of atmosphere, but with the lack of story this isn't surprising-some puzzles aren't really logic puzzles so much as brute force trial and error

The game includes three types of play: hidden object scenes, messing around with objects in your inventory, and puzzles. I play these sorts of games for the puzzles and consider the hidden object and inventory management as parts I just have to suffer through to get to the puzzles. There is a fair variety in the types of puzzles, from jigsaw to sliders to logic, but some of them are less about thinking and more about making you try all the combinations until it works.

There will be several rooms open at any given time and you will have to keep going between them to complete the objectives. At first this was very confusing because there might be 10 things in the rooms that you need to do and you might have 10 things in your inventory, but none of those objects helps with the immediate tasks. There is little to no direction in the "story" to tell you what you should be working on solving next and which things you don't have the objects for yet. Then, I realized the map always shows which rooms have activities that can be completed. It's a cop-out to use the map like this instead of having a better written game where it would make sense what you are supposed to do next.

Along with not knowing what to do next, quite often a hidden object scene that you had previously completed will re-activate and have new things for you to find. However, the game does not indicate in any way, except for the map, that you need to backtrack to that area.

If you can get it on sale, it can be some fun for the puzzles, but overall it is a poorly done game.